Abby for Indiatimes

I get this a lot:
“[T]he younger internet generation in India, people who expect dynamism not just in content.”
Indiatimes wins Abby Silver

A lot of people in important places assume that young Indians are aggressive, lecherous and like muck.
One hopes that the youth of India will rise to the occasion and disprove these more “knowledgeable” kinds […]

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Music: the inexorable march

Can this steam Apple’s transformation into a media company is to be seen.

MySpace said on Thursday that as part of the deal it would turn its popular MySpace Music site into a joint venture, bringing in Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group as minority owners. The music companies are expected […]

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Twitter Updates for 2008-03-28

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Online News: A trend to watch

Even the best news sites in India seem woefully “old” when it comes to understanding the needs of their users.
It is not that our brethren in the US are well-versed in the art of communicating.
Here’s a good story from NYT that has pointers to what’s on online: Finding Political News Online, the Young Pass […]

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Twitter Updates for 2008-03-16

Turn left. No right. I mean left: http://tinyurl.com/3y2dxs <http://tinyurl.com/3y2dxs> #
pretty interesting article, I must say. #
Here’s another one… this one from Nokia — I wish I was part of this experiment. They gave away N95s for it. http://tinyurl.com/2un5y … #
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Covering a gaping hole

 The IAB’s latest principles on privacy sound more like a lot of good intentions. But between the myriad companies in this space and a nonchalant userbase, we have a lot of private date floating around in the public domain. Anyway, one needs to applaud well-intentioned pronouncements such as these:
IAB said its members will follow five […]

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Microsoft-Yahoo: A bid too far

Steve Yelvington’s got it right:
Why does Microsoft want Yahoo, anyway? Here’s why: It’s four o’clock in the afternoon for the Microsoft software empire. At four o’clock there’s plenty of daylight left, but night is on the way.  
 Read the full post here…

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ESRI ArcGIS mapping API

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I’ve never got an opportunity to work on GIS but have felt that there are many innovative  possibilities for news, even if it is just about interactive maps. Here’s another API to use:

http://blog.programmableweb.com/2008/07/14/new-mapping-api-via-esri-arcgis/

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Subhash @ July 17, 2008

RIM, BlackBerry and the government

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This report by Lewis Page (Indian gov: Let us into BlackBerry or we’ll shut you down) slips in a contradiction in a rather matter-of-fact. If “Western governments are widely believed to enjoy such access”, then how can the Indian government’s  demand  “…set a precedent”.

The report ends by saying that negotiations are on.

 

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Subhash @ June 2, 2008

This is about fatigue — News Fatigue

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On the face of it, this looks bad. But it needs closer reading to pass judgement. Check it out:

http://www.ap.org/newmodel.pdf

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Subhash @ June 2, 2008

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Subhash @ April 18, 2008

Turner International’s bullish on India

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Turner International, a unit of Time Warner Inc, has recently bought a minority stake in the Indian production firm Miditech Pvt Ltd, which makes regional-language general entertainment channels.

Turner operates the Cartoon Network and Pogo channels for kids. CNN-IBN news channel is it’s venture with Global Broadcast News Ltd.

India’s TV industry revenues are forecast to more than double to $11.6 billion over the next four years, making it the most lucrative market in Asia according to research firm Media Partners Asia.

Turner International for more TV channels, animation in India

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Subhash @ April 10, 2008